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不比不知道一比吓一跳 is a Chinese proverb that literally means: [If one not does] not make comparisons, [one will] not know [the truth] when [one] compares, [one will be] greatly surprised.
This goes to the idea that if you do not know bad times, you cannot know what good times are.
...And...
You can not know light without experiencing darkness.
Another way to translate this would be: If you wish to be enlightened, you need to make comparisons and analyze every aspect (of a situation, issue, or problem).
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
方 see styles |
fāng fang1 fang hou / ho ほう |
More info & calligraphy: Fong / Fang(1) direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction); (2) (often 私の方, あなたの方, etc.) side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; (3) type; category; (4) field (of study, etc.); (5) indicates one side of a comparison; (6) way; method; manner; means; (7) length (of each side of a square); (given name) Michi Square; place; correct; a means, plan, prescription; then, now, just. |
因 see styles |
yīn yin1 yin in いん |
cause; reason; because (1) cause; factor; (2) {Buddh} (See 縁・えん・5) hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); (3) (See 因明) the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya); (personal name) Yukari hetu: a cause: because: a reason: to follow, it follows, that which produces a 果 result or effect. 因 is a primary cause in comparison with 緣 pratyaya which is an environmental or secondary cause. In the 十因十果 ten causes and ten effects, adultery results in the iron bed, the copper pillar, and the eight hot hells; covetousness in the cold hells; and so on, as shown in the 楞嚴經. Translit. in, yin. Cf. 印. |
比 see styles |
bǐ bi3 pi hi ひ |
to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) (n,n-suf) (1) ratio; proportion; (2) match; equal; equivalent; comparison; (suffix noun) (3) compared with ...; relative to ...; (4) (abbreviation) (See 比律賓・フィリピン) Philippines; (5) (See 六義・1) explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); (place-name) Firipin To compare; than; to assemble, arrive; partisan; each; translit. pi, bhi, vi, v. also 毘, 毗. |
興 兴 see styles |
xìng xing4 hsing kyou / kyo きょう |
feeling or desire to do something; interest in something; excitement (1) interest; entertainment; pleasure; (2) (See 六義・1) implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); (given name) Hajime abhyudaya. Rise, begin; prosper; elated. |
PK see styles |
p k p k p k pii kee; piikee(sk); piikei(sk) / pi kee; pikee(sk); pike(sk) ピー・ケー; ピーケー(sk); ピーケイ(sk) |
(slang) to take on; to challenge; to go head to head; showdown; comparison (1) (abbreviation) {sports} (See ペナルティーキック) penalty kick; (2) (abbreviation) (See サイコキネシス) psychokinesis; (3) (abbreviation) (See パルクール) parkour |
二妙 see styles |
èr miào er4 miao4 erh miao nimyō |
The dual "marvel" of the Lotus sūtra, the 相待妙 or comparative view, i.e. compared with all previous teaching, which is the rough groundwork; and the 絕待妙 or view of it as the perfection of teaching; hence it is "wonderful" in comparison with all previous doctrine, and absolutely "wonderful' in itself; cf. 二圓. |
來得 来得 see styles |
lái de lai2 de5 lai te |
to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to |
倒合 see styles |
dào hé dao4 he2 tao ho tōgō |
A fallacious comparison in a syllogism. |
倒離 倒离 see styles |
dào lí dao4 li2 tao li tōri |
The fallacy of using a comparison in a syllogism which does not apply. |
假觀 假观 see styles |
jiǎ guān jia3 guan1 chia kuan kekan |
The meditation on relative truth, or phenomenal and therefore illusory existence, in comparison with 空 and 中 q. v. |
六義 see styles |
rikugi; rokugi りくぎ; ろくぎ |
(1) six forms of the Shi Jing (genre: folk song, festal song, hymn; style: narrative, explicit comparison, implicit comparison); (2) six forms of waka (allegorical, enumerative, metaphorical, allusive, plain, congratulatory); (3) six principles of calligraphy; (4) (See 六書・1) six classes of kanji characters; (given name) Rokugi |
参照 see styles |
sanshou / sansho さんしょう |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {comp} browsing (to a file or folder) |
参看 see styles |
sankan さんかん |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (form) (See 参照・1) reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (obsolete) (See 参観) visit; inspection |
参酌 see styles |
sanshaku さんしゃく |
(noun, transitive verb) comparison and choosing the good; consultation; referring to |
大乘 see styles |
dà shèng da4 sheng4 ta sheng oonori おおのり |
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2] (surname) Oonori Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。. |
孤風 孤风 see styles |
gū fēng gu1 feng1 ku feng kofū |
beyond comparison |
実化 see styles |
jikke じっけ |
{Buddh} (See 権化・1) noumenal Buddha (in comparison to phenomenal Buddha) |
対比 see styles |
taihi たいひ |
(noun/participle) contrast; comparison |
対照 see styles |
taishou / taisho たいしょう |
(noun/participle) contrast; antithesis; comparison |
對法 对法 see styles |
duì fǎ dui4 fa3 tui fa taihō |
The corresponding law, the philosophy in the Buddha's teaching, the Abhidharma; comparison of cause and effect. |
對照 对照 see styles |
duì zhào dui4 zhao4 tui chao |
to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check |
引合 see styles |
hikiai ひきあい |
(1) reference; comparison; example; (2) inquiry; enquiry; (3) witness; being involved in a court case; deal |
戲說 戏说 see styles |
xì shuō xi4 shuo1 hsi shuo |
dramatic form consisting of historical narration; history as jocular narrative; to stretch history for a joking story; amusing story with strained interpretations of history; to make an unreasonable comparison in jest |
校訂 校订 see styles |
jiào dìng jiao4 ding4 chiao ting koutei / kote こうてい |
revision (noun, transitive verb) revision of a text (by comparison of variant sources); emendation; recension |
比べ see styles |
kurabe くらべ |
(n,n-suf) (kana only) contest; comparison; competition |
比定 see styles |
hitei / hite ひてい |
(noun, transitive verb) hypothesis (formed by comparison with other similar objects); identification |
比對 比对 see styles |
bǐ duì bi3 dui4 pi tui |
comparison; to verify by comparing |
比擬 比拟 see styles |
bǐ nǐ bi3 ni3 pi ni higi |
to compare; to draw a parallel; to match; analogy; metaphor; comparison to compare |
比況 see styles |
hikyou / hikyo ひきょう |
comparison; similitude |
比色 see styles |
hishoku ひしょく |
color comparison |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Comparison Leads to Truth and Enlightenment | 不比不知道一比嚇一跳 不比不知道一比吓一跳 | bù bǐ bù zhī dào yī bǐ xià yì tiào bu4 bi3 bu4 zhi1 dao4 yi1 bi3 xia4 yi4 tiao4 bu bi bu zhi dao yi bi xia yi tiao | pu pi pu chih tao i pi hsia i t`iao pu pi pu chih tao i pi hsia i tiao |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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